Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

S.B. 240 (2021GS)

Sponsor

Sen. Bramble, C.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/17/2021

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Spencer J. Cox

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• modifies provisions related to the appointment of members in a mountainous planning district's planning commission;
• modifies provisions related to the general plan for a mountainous planning district;
• repeals provisions allowing a mountainous planning district to include a municipality within the mountainous planning district's boundaries;
• repeals certain reporting requirements for a county planning commission with jurisdiction over a mountainous planning district;
• repeals the sunset dates for:
• provisions related to mountainous planning districts; and
• certain provisions related to a county's funding of municipal services in a designated recreational area; and
• makes technical and conforming changes.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

COUNTY RECREATIONAL AREA AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Curtis S. Bramble
House Sponsor: 
Keven J. Stratton
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill amends provisions related to certain county recreational areas.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ modifies provisions related to the appointment of members in a mountainous
planning district's planning commission;
▸ modifies provisions related to the general plan for a mountainous planning district;
▸ repeals provisions allowing a mountainous planning district to include a
municipality within the mountainous planning district's boundaries;
▸ repeals certain reporting requirements for a county planning commission with
jurisdiction over a mountainous planning district;
▸ repeals the sunset dates for:
• provisions related to mountainous planning districts; and
• certain provisions related to a county's funding of municipal services in a
designated recreational area; and
▸ makes technical and conforming changes.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
10-9a-304
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2017, Chapter 448
17-27a-103
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 434
17-27a-301
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 114
17-27a-401
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 327
17-27a-403
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 136
17-27a-901
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2018, Chapter 330
63I-2-210
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 136
63I-2-217
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapters 47, 114, and 434
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
10-9a-304
 is amended to read:
10-9a-304.
State and federal property.
[
(1)
] Unless otherwise provided by law, nothing contained in this chapter may be
construed as giving a municipality jurisdiction over property owned by the state or the United
States.
[
(2) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), for purposes of this chapter, a
municipality, a municipal planning commission, or a municipal land use authority does not
have jurisdiction over property located within a mountainous planning district, as that term is
defined in Section 
17-27a-103
.
]
[
(b) Subsection (2)(a) does not apply to a municipality if:
]
[
(i) (A) the municipality is wholly located within the boundaries of a mountainous
planning district; and
]
[
(B) the municipality was incorporated before 1971;
]
[
(ii) the municipality exercises the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction under
Section 
10-8-15
; or
]
[
(iii) subject to Subsection (2)(c), a local health authority has granted the municipality
joint authority to regulate the municipality's watershed areas.
]
[
(c) The exception under Subsection (2)(b)(iii) applies only for matters related to
regulation of the watershed within a watershed area.
]
Section 2. Section 
17-27a-103
 is amended to read:
17-27a-103.
Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Accessory dwelling unit" means a habitable living unit added to, created within, or
detached from a primary single-family dwelling and contained on one lot.
(2) "Adversely affected party" means a person other than a land use applicant who:
(a) owns real property adjoining the property that is the subject of a land use
application or land use decision; or
(b) will suffer a damage different in kind than, or an injury distinct from, that of the
general community as a result of the land use decision.
(3) "Affected entity" means a county, municipality, local district, special service
district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act, school district, interlocal
cooperation entity established under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, specified
property owner, property [
owners
] 
owner's
 association, public utility, or the Utah Department
of Transportation, if:
(a) the entity's services or facilities are likely to require expansion or significant
modification because of an intended use of land;
(b) the entity has filed with the county a copy of the entity's general or long-range plan;
or
(c) the entity has filed with the county a request for notice during the same calendar
year and before the county provides notice to an affected entity in compliance with a
requirement imposed under this chapter.
(4) "Affected owner" means the owner of real property that is:
(a) a single project;
(b) the subject of a land use approval that sponsors of a referendum timely challenged
in accordance with Subsection 
20A-7-601
(5)(a); and
(c) determined to be legally referable under Section 
20A-7-602.8
.
(5) "Appeal authority" means the person, board, commission, agency, or other body
designated by ordinance to decide an appeal of a decision of a land use application or a
variance.
(6) "Billboard" means a freestanding ground sign located on industrial, commercial, or
residential property if the sign is designed or intended to direct attention to a business, product,
or service that is not sold, offered, or existing on the property where the sign is located.
(7) (a) "Charter school" means:
(i) an operating charter school;
(ii) a charter school applicant that [
has its application approved by
] a charter school
authorizer 
approves
 in accordance with Title 53G, Chapter 5, Part 3, Charter School
Authorization; or
(iii) an entity that is working on behalf of a charter school or approved charter
applicant to develop or construct a charter school building.
(b) "Charter school" does not include a therapeutic school.
(8) "Chief executive officer" means the person or body that exercises the executive
powers of the county.
(9) "Conditional use" means a land use that, because of [
its
] 
the
 unique characteristics
or potential impact 
of the land use
 on the county, surrounding neighbors, or adjacent land uses,
may not be compatible in some areas or may be compatible only if certain conditions are
required that mitigate or eliminate the detrimental impacts.
(10) "Constitutional taking" means a governmental action that results in a taking of
private property so that compensation to the owner of the property is required by the:
(a) Fifth or Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States; or
(b) Utah Constitution, Article I, Section 22.
(11) "County utility easement" means an easement that:
(a) a plat recorded in a county recorder's office described as a county utility easement
or otherwise as a utility easement;
(b) is not a protected utility easement or a public utility easement as defined in Section
54-3-27
;
(c) the county or the county's affiliated governmental entity owns or creates; and
(d) (i) either:
(A) no person uses or occupies; or
(B) the county or the county's affiliated governmental entity uses and occupies to
provide a utility service, including sanitary sewer, culinary water, electrical, storm water, or
communications or data lines; or
(ii) a person uses or occupies with or without an authorized franchise or other
agreement with the county.
(12) "Culinary water authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with
responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of the culinary water system and sources for
the subject property.
(13) "Development activity" means:
(a) any construction or expansion of a building, structure, or use that creates additional
demand and need for public facilities;
(b) any change in use of a building or structure that creates additional demand and need
for public facilities; or
(c) any change in the use of land that creates additional demand and need for public
facilities.
(14) (a) "Disability" means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits
one or more of a person's major life activities, including a person having a record of such an
impairment or being regarded as having such an impairment.
(b) "Disability" does not include current illegal use of, or addiction to, any federally
controlled substance, as defined in Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C.
Sec. 802.
(15) "Educational facility":
(a) means:
(i) a school district's building at which pupils assemble to receive instruction in a
program for any combination of grades from preschool through grade 12, including
kindergarten and a program for children with disabilities;
(ii) a structure or facility:
(A) located on the same property as a building described in Subsection (15)(a)(i); and
(B) used in support of the use of that building; and
(iii) a building to provide office and related space to a school district's administrative
personnel; and
(b) does not include:
(i) land or a structure, including land or a structure for inventory storage, equipment
storage, food processing or preparing, vehicle storage or maintenance, or similar use that is:
(A) not located on the same property as a building described in Subsection (15)(a)(i);
and
(B) used in support of the purposes of a building described in Subsection (15)(a)(i); or
(ii) a therapeutic school.
(16) "Fire authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with responsibility
to review and approve the feasibility of fire protection and suppression services for the subject
property.
(17) "Flood plain" means land that:
(a) is within the 100-year flood plain designated by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency; or
(b) has not been studied or designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
but presents a likelihood of experiencing chronic flooding or a catastrophic flood event because
the land has characteristics that are similar to those of a 100-year flood plain designated by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency.
(18) "Gas corporation" has the same meaning as defined in Section 
54-2-1
.
(19) "General plan" means a document that a county adopts that sets forth general
guidelines for proposed future development of:
(a) the unincorporated land within the county; or
(b) for a mountainous planning district, the land within the mountainous planning
district.
(20) "Geologic hazard" means:
(a) a surface fault rupture;
(b) shallow groundwater;
(c) liquefaction;
(d) a landslide;
(e) a debris flow;
(f) unstable soil;
(g) a rock fall; or
(h) any other geologic condition that presents a risk:
(i) to life;
(ii) of substantial loss of real property; or
(iii) of substantial damage to real property.
(21) "Hookup fee" means a fee for the installation and inspection of any pipe, line,
meter, or appurtenance to connect to a county water, sewer, storm water, power, or other utility
system.
(22) "Identical plans" means building plans submitted to a county that:
(a) are clearly marked as "identical plans";
(b) are substantially identical building plans that were previously submitted to and
reviewed and approved by the county; and
(c) describe a building that:
(i) is located on land zoned the same as the land on which the building described in the
previously approved plans is located;
(ii) is subject to the same geological and meteorological conditions and the same law
as the building described in the previously approved plans;
(iii) has a floor plan identical to the building plan previously submitted to and reviewed
and approved by the county; and
(iv) does not require any additional engineering or analysis.
(23) "Impact fee" means a payment of money imposed under Title 11, Chapter 36a,
Impact Fees Act.
(24) "Improvement completion assurance" means a surety bond, letter of credit,
financial institution bond, cash, assignment of rights, lien, or other equivalent security required
by a county to guaranty the proper completion of landscaping or an infrastructure improvement
required as a condition precedent to:
(a) recording a subdivision plat; or
(b) development of a commercial, industrial, mixed use, or multifamily project.
(25) "Improvement warranty" means an applicant's unconditional warranty that the
applicant's installed and accepted landscaping or infrastructure improvement:
(a) complies with the county's written standards for design, materials, and
workmanship; and
(b) will not fail in any material respect, as a result of poor workmanship or materials,
within the improvement warranty period.
(26) "Improvement warranty period" means a period:
(a) no later than one year after a county's acceptance of required landscaping; or
(b) no later than one year after a county's acceptance of required infrastructure, unless
the county:
(i) determines for good cause that a one-year period would be inadequate to protect the
public health, safety, and welfare; and
(ii) has substantial evidence, on record:
(A) of prior poor performance by the applicant; or
(B) that the area upon which the infrastructure will be constructed contains suspect soil
and the county has not otherwise required the applicant to mitigate the suspect soil.
(27) "Infrastructure improvement" means permanent infrastructure that is essential for
the public health and safety or that:
(a) is required for human consumption; and
(b) an applicant must install:
(i) in accordance with published installation and inspection specifications for public
improvements; and
(ii) as a condition of:
(A) recording a subdivision plat;
(B) obtaining a building permit; or
(C) developing a commercial, industrial, mixed use, condominium, or multifamily
project.
(28) "Internal lot restriction" means a platted note, platted demarcation, or platted
designation that:
(a) runs with the land; and
(b) (i) creates a restriction that is enclosed within the perimeter of a lot described on
the plat; or
(ii) designates a development condition that is enclosed within the perimeter of a lot
described on the plat.
(29) "Interstate pipeline company" means a person or entity engaged in natural gas
transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under
the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 717 et seq.
(30) "Intrastate pipeline company" means a person or entity engaged in natural gas
transportation that is not subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission under the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 717 et seq.
(31) "Land use applicant" means a property owner, or the property owner's designee,
who submits a land use application regarding the property owner's land.
(32) "Land use application":
(a) means an application that is:
(i) required by a county; and
(ii) submitted by a land use applicant to obtain a land use decision; and
(b) does not mean an application to enact, amend, or repeal a land use regulation.
(33) "Land use authority" means:
(a) a person, board, commission, agency, or body, including the local legislative body,
designated by the local legislative body to act upon a land use application; or
(b) if the local legislative body has not designated a person, board, commission,
agency, or body, the local legislative body.
(34) "Land use decision" means an administrative decision of a land use authority or
appeal authority regarding:
(a) a land use permit;
(b) a land use application; or
(c) the enforcement of a land use regulation, land use permit, or development
agreement.
(35) "Land use permit" means a permit issued by a land use authority.
(36) "Land use regulation":
(a) means a legislative decision enacted by ordinance, law, code, map, resolution,
specification, fee, or rule that governs the use or development of land;
(b) includes the adoption or amendment of a zoning map or the text of the zoning code;
and
(c) does not include:
(i) a land use decision of the legislative body acting as the land use authority, even if
the decision is expressed in a resolution or ordinance; or
(ii) a temporary revision to an engineering specification that does not materially:
(A) increase a land use applicant's cost of development compared to the existing
specification; or
(B) impact a land use applicant's use of land.
(37) "Legislative body" means the county legislative body, or for a county that has
adopted an alternative form of government, the body exercising legislative powers.
(38) "Local district" means any entity under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local
Government Entities - Local Districts, and any other governmental or quasi-governmental
entity that is not a county, municipality, school district, or the state.
(39) "Lot" means a tract of land, regardless of any label, that is created by and shown
on a subdivision plat that has been recorded in the office of the county recorder.
(40) (a) "Lot line adjustment" means a relocation of a lot line boundary between
adjoining lots or parcels, whether or not the lots are located in the same subdivision, in
accordance with Section 
17-27a-608
, with the consent of the owners of record.
(b) "Lot line adjustment" does not mean a new boundary line that:
(i) creates an additional lot; or
(ii) constitutes a subdivision.
(41) "Major transit investment corridor" means public transit service that uses or
occupies:
(a) public transit rail right-of-way;
(b) dedicated road right-of-way for the use of public transit, such as bus rapid transit;
or
(c) fixed-route bus corridors subject to an interlocal agreement or contract between a
municipality or county and:
(i) a public transit district as defined in Section 
17B-2a-802
; or
(ii) an eligible political subdivision as defined in Section 
59-12-2219
.
(42) "Moderate income housing" means housing occupied or reserved for occupancy
by households with a gross household income equal to or less than 80% of the median gross
income for households of the same size in the county in which the housing is located.
(43) "Mountainous planning district" means an area[
: (a)
] designated by a county
legislative body in accordance with Section 
17-27a-901
[
; and
]
.
[
(b) that is not otherwise exempt under Section 
10-9a-304
.
]
(44) "Nominal fee" means a fee that reasonably reimburses a county only for time spent
and expenses incurred in:
(a) verifying that building plans are identical plans; and
(b) reviewing and approving those minor aspects of identical plans that differ from the
previously reviewed and approved building plans.
(45) "Noncomplying structure" means a structure that:
(a) legally existed before [
its
] 
the structure's
 current land use designation; and
(b) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform
to the setback, height restrictions, or other regulations, excluding those regulations that govern
the use of land.
(46) "Nonconforming use" means a use of land that:
(a) legally existed before [
its
] 
the
 current land use designation;
(b) has been maintained continuously since the time the land use ordinance regulation
governing the land changed; and
(c) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform
to the regulations that now govern the use of the land.
(47) "Official map" means a map drawn by county authorities and recorded in the
county recorder's office that:
(a) shows actual and proposed rights-of-way, centerline alignments, and setbacks for
highways and other transportation facilities;
(b) provides a basis for restricting development in designated rights-of-way or between
designated setbacks to allow the government authorities time to purchase or otherwise reserve
the land; and
(c) has been adopted as an element of the county's general plan.
(48) "Parcel" means any real property that is not a lot created by and shown on a
subdivision plat recorded in the office of the county recorder.
(49) (a) "Parcel boundary adjustment" means a recorded agreement between owners of
adjoining parcels adjusting the mutual boundary, either by deed or by a boundary line
agreement in accordance with Section 
57-1-45
, if no additional parcel is created and:
(i) none of the property identified in the agreement is subdivided land; or
(ii) the adjustment is to the boundaries of a single person's parcels.
(b) "Parcel boundary adjustment" does not mean an adjustment of a parcel boundary
line that:
(i) creates an additional parcel; or
(ii) constitutes a subdivision.
(50) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization, association,
trust, governmental agency, or any other legal entity.
(51) "Plan for moderate income housing" means a written document adopted by a
county legislative body that includes:
(a) an estimate of the existing supply of moderate income housing located within the
county;
(b) an estimate of the need for moderate income housing in the county for the next five
years;
(c) a survey of total residential land use;
(d) an evaluation of how existing land uses and zones affect opportunities for moderate
income housing; and
(e) a description of the county's program to encourage an adequate supply of moderate
income housing.
(52) "Planning advisory area" means a contiguous, geographically defined portion of
the unincorporated area of a county established under this part with planning and zoning
functions as exercised through the planning advisory area planning commission, as provided in
this chapter, but with no legal or political identity separate from the county and no taxing
authority.
(53) "Plat" means a map or other graphical representation of lands that a licensed
professional land surveyor makes and prepares in accordance with Section 
17-27a-603
 or
57-8-13
.
(54) "Potential geologic hazard area" means an area that:
(a) is designated by a Utah Geological Survey map, county geologist map, or other
relevant map or report as needing further study to determine the area's potential for geologic
hazard; or
(b) has not been studied by the Utah Geological Survey or a county geologist but
presents the potential of geologic hazard because the area has characteristics similar to those of
a designated geologic hazard area.
(55) "Public agency" means:
(a) the federal government;
(b) the state;
(c) a county, municipality, school district, local district, special service district, or other
political subdivision of the state; or
(d) a charter school.
(56) "Public hearing" means a hearing at which members of the public are provided a
reasonable opportunity to comment on the subject of the hearing.
(57) "Public meeting" means a meeting that is required to be open to the public under
Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act.
(58) "Public street" means a public right-of-way, including a public highway, public
avenue, public boulevard, public parkway, public road, public lane, public alley, public
viaduct, public subway, public tunnel, public bridge, public byway, other public transportation
easement, or other public way.
(59) "Receiving zone" means an unincorporated area of a county that the county
designates, by ordinance, as an area in which an owner of land may receive a transferable
development right.
(60) "Record of survey map" means a map of a survey of land prepared in accordance
with Section 
10-9a-603
, 
17-23-17
, 
17-27a-603
, or 
57-8-13
.
(61) "Residential facility for persons with a disability" means a residence:
(a) in which more than one person with a disability resides; and
(b) (i) which is licensed or certified by the Department of Human Services under Title
62A, Chapter 2, Licensure of Programs and Facilities; or
(ii) which is licensed or certified by the Department of Health under Title 26, Chapter
21, Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act.
(62) "Rules of order and procedure" means a set of rules that govern and prescribe in a
public meeting:
(a) parliamentary order and procedure;
(b) ethical behavior; and
(c) civil discourse.
(63) "Sanitary sewer authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with
responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of sanitary sewer services or onsite
wastewater systems.
(64) "Sending zone" means an unincorporated area of a county that the county
designates, by ordinance, as an area from which an owner of land may transfer a transferable
development right.
(65) "Site plan" means a document or map that may be required by a county during a
preliminary review preceding the issuance of a building permit to demonstrate that an owner's
or developer's proposed development activity meets a land use requirement.
(66) "Specified public agency" means:
(a) the state;
(b) a school district; or
(c) a charter school.
(67) "Specified public utility" means an electrical corporation, gas corporation, or
telephone corporation, as those terms are defined in Section 
54-2-1
.
(68) "State" includes any department, division, or agency of the state.
(69) "Subdivided land" means the land, tract, or lot described in a recorded subdivision
plat.
(70) (a) "Subdivision" means any land that is divided, resubdivided, or proposed to be
divided into two or more lots or other division of land for the purpose, whether immediate or
future, for offer, sale, lease, or development either on the installment plan or upon any and all
other plans, terms, and conditions.
(b) "Subdivision" includes:
(i) the division or development of land whether by deed, metes and bounds description,
devise and testacy, map, plat, or other recorded instrument, regardless of whether the division
includes all or a portion of a parcel or lot; and
(ii) except as provided in Subsection (70)(c), divisions of land for residential and
nonresidential uses, including land used or to be used for commercial, agricultural, and
industrial purposes.
(c) "Subdivision" does not include:
(i) a bona fide division or partition of agricultural land for agricultural purposes;
(ii) an agreement recorded with the county recorder's office between owners of
adjoining properties adjusting the mutual boundary by a boundary line agreement in accordance
with Section 
57-1-45
 if:
(A) no new lot is created; and
(B) the adjustment does not violate applicable land use ordinances;
(iii) a recorded document, executed by the owner of record:
(A) revising the legal description of more than one contiguous parcel of property that is
not subdivided land into one legal description encompassing all such parcels of property; or
(B) joining a subdivided parcel of property to another parcel of property that has not
been subdivided, if the joinder does not violate applicable land use ordinances;
(iv) a bona fide division or partition of land in a county other than a first class county
for the purpose of siting, on one or more of the resulting separate parcels:
(A) an electrical transmission line or a substation;
(B) a natural gas pipeline or a regulation station; or
(C) an unmanned telecommunications, microwave, fiber optic, electrical, or other
utility service regeneration, transformation, retransmission, or amplification facility;
(v) an agreement between owners of adjoining subdivided properties adjusting the
mutual lot line boundary in accordance with Section 
10-9a-603
 if:
(A) no new dwelling lot or housing unit will result from the adjustment; and
(B) the adjustment will not violate any applicable land use ordinance;
(vi) a bona fide division or partition of land by deed or other instrument where the land
use authority expressly approves in writing the division in anticipation of further land use
approvals on the parcel or parcels;
(vii) a parcel boundary adjustment;
(viii) a lot line adjustment;
(ix) a road, street, or highway dedication plat; or
(x) a deed or easement for a road, street, or highway purpose.
(d) The joining of a subdivided parcel of property to another parcel of property that has
not been subdivided does not constitute a subdivision under this Subsection (70) as to the
unsubdivided parcel of property or subject the unsubdivided parcel to the county's subdivision
ordinance.
(71) "Subdivision amendment" means an amendment to a recorded subdivision in
accordance with Section 
17-27a-608
 that:
(a) vacates all or a portion of the subdivision;
(b) alters the outside boundary of the subdivision;
(c) changes the number of lots within the subdivision;
(d) alters a public right-of-way, a public easement, or public infrastructure within the
subdivision; or
(e) alters a common area or other common amenity within the subdivision.
(72) "Suspect soil" means soil that has:
(a) a high susceptibility for volumetric change, typically clay rich, having more than a
3% swell potential;
(b) bedrock units with high shrink or swell susceptibility; or
(c) gypsiferous silt and clay, gypsum, or bedrock units containing abundant gypsum
commonly associated with dissolution and collapse features.
(73) "Therapeutic school" means a residential group living facility:
(a) for four or more individuals who are not related to:
(i) the owner of the facility; or
(ii) the primary service provider of the facility;
(b) that serves students who have a history of failing to function:
(i) at home;
(ii) in a public school; or
(iii) in a nonresidential private school; and
(c) that offers:
(i) room and board; and
(ii) an academic education integrated with:
(A) specialized structure and supervision; or
(B) services or treatment related to a disability, an emotional development, a
behavioral development, a familial development, or a social development.
(74) "Transferable development right" means a right to develop and use land that
originates by an ordinance that authorizes a land owner in a designated sending zone to transfer
land use rights from a designated sending zone to a designated receiving zone.
(75) "Unincorporated" means the area outside of the incorporated area of a
municipality.
(76) "Water interest" means any right to the beneficial use of water, including:
(a) each of the rights listed in Section 
73-1-11
; and
(b) an ownership interest in the right to the beneficial use of water represented by:
(i) a contract; or
(ii) a share in a water company, as defined in Section 
73-3-3.5
.
(77) "Zoning map" means a map, adopted as part of a land use ordinance, that depicts
land use zones, overlays, or districts.
Section 3. Section 
17-27a-301
 is amended to read:
17-27a-301.
Ordinance establishing planning commission required -- Exception --
Ordinance requirements -- Planning advisory area planning commission --
Compensation.
(1) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), each county shall enact an ordinance
establishing a countywide planning commission for the unincorporated areas of the county not
within a planning advisory area.
(b) Subsection (1)(a) does not apply if all of the county is included within any
combination of:
(i) municipalities;
(ii) planning advisory areas each with a separate planning commission; and
(iii) mountainous planning districts.
(c) (i) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(a), [
and except as provided in Subsection
(1)(c)(ii),
] a county that designates a mountainous planning district shall enact an ordinance,
subject to Subsection (1)(c)(ii), establishing a planning commission that has jurisdiction over
the entire mountainous planning district[
, including areas of the mountainous planning district
that are also located within a municipality or are unincorporated
].
(ii) A planning commission described in Subsection (1)(c)(i)[
: (A) does not have
jurisdiction over a municipality described in Subsection 
10-9a-304
(2)(b); and (B)
] has
jurisdiction subject to a local health department exercising [
its
] 
the local health department's
authority in accordance with Title 26A, Chapter 1, Local Health Departments
,
 and a
municipality exercising the municipality's authority in accordance with Section 
10-8-15
.
(iii) The ordinance shall require that[
:
] 
members of the planning commission be
appointed by the county executive with the advice and consent of the county legislative body.
[
(A) members of the planning commission represent areas located in the
unincorporated and incorporated county;
]
[
(B) members of the planning commission be registered voters who reside either in the
unincorporated or incorporated county;
]
[
(C) at least one member of the planning commission resides within the mountainous
planning district and another member is a resident of a municipality located within the
mountainous planning district; and
]
[
(D) the county designate up to four seats on the planning commission, and fill each
vacancy in the designated seats in accordance with the procedure described in Subsection (8).
] 
(2) (a) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(b), the county legislative body of a county of
the first or second class that includes more than one planning advisory area each with a
separate planning commission may enact an ordinance that:
(i) dissolves each planning commission within the county; and
(ii) establishes a countywide planning commission that has jurisdiction over:
(A) each planning advisory area within the county; and
(B) the unincorporated areas of the county not within a planning advisory area.
(b) A countywide planning commission established under Subsection (2)(a) shall
assume the duties of each dissolved planning commission.
(3) (a) The ordinance described in Subsection (1)(a) or (c) or (2)(a) shall define:
(i) the number and terms of the members and, if the county chooses, alternate
members;
(ii) the mode of appointment;
(iii) the procedures for filling vacancies and removal from office;
(iv) the authority of the planning commission;
(v) subject to Subsection (3)(b), the rules of order and procedure for use by the
planning commission in a public meeting; and
(vi) other details relating to the organization and procedures of the planning
commission.
(b) Subsection (3)(a)(v) does not affect the planning commission's duty to comply with
Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act.
(4) (a) (i) If the county establishes a planning advisory area planning commission, the
county legislative body shall enact an ordinance that defines:
(A) appointment procedures;
(B) procedures for filling vacancies and removing members from office;
(C) subject to Subsection (4)(a)(ii), the rules of order and procedure for use by the
planning advisory area planning commission in a public meeting; and
(D) details relating to the organization and procedures of each planning advisory area
planning commission.
(ii) Subsection (4)(a)(i)(C) does not affect the planning advisory area planning
commission's duty to comply with Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act.
(b) The planning commission for each planning advisory area shall consist of seven
members who shall be appointed by:
(i) in a county operating under a form of government in which the executive and
legislative functions of the governing body are separated, the county executive with the advice
and consent of the county legislative body; or
(ii) in a county operating under a form of government in which the executive and
legislative functions of the governing body are not separated, the county legislative body.
(c) (i) Members shall serve four-year terms and until their successors are appointed and
qualified.
(ii) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection (4)(c)(i), members of the first
planning commissions shall be appointed so that, for each commission, the terms of at least one
member and no more than two members expire each year.
(d) (i) Each member of a planning advisory area planning commission shall be a
registered voter residing within the planning advisory area.
(ii) Subsection (4)(d)(i) does not apply to a member described in Subsection (5)(a) if
that member was, prior to May 12, 2015, authorized to reside outside of the planning advisory
area.
(5) (a) A member of a planning commission who was elected to and served on a
planning commission on May 12, 2015, shall serve out the term to which the member was
elected.
(b) Upon the expiration of an elected term described in Subsection (5)(a), the vacant
seat shall be filled by appointment in accordance with this section.
(6) Upon the appointment of all members of a planning advisory area planning
commission, each planning advisory area planning commission under this section shall begin to
exercise the powers and perform the duties provided in Section 
17-27a-302
 with respect to all
matters then pending that previously had been under the jurisdiction of the countywide
planning commission or planning advisory area planning and zoning board.
(7) The legislative body may authorize a member of a planning commission to receive
per diem and travel expenses for meetings actually attended, in accordance with Section
11-55-103
.
[
(8) (a) Subject to Subsection (8)(f), a county shall fill a vacancy in a planning
commission seat described in Subsection (1)(c)(iii)(D) in accordance with this Subsection (8).
]
[
(b) If a county designates one or more planning commission seats under Subsection
(1)(c)(iii)(D), the county shall identify at least one and up to four cities that:
]
[
(i) (A) are adjacent to the mountainous planning district; and
]
[
(B) border the entrance to a canyon that is located within the boundaries of the
mountainous planning district and accessed by a paved road maintained by the county or the
state; or
]
[
(ii) exercise extraterritorial jurisdiction in accordance with Section 
10-8-15
.
]
[
(c) When there is a vacancy in a planning commission seat described in Subsection
(1)(c)(iii)(D), the county shall send a written request to one of the cities described in
Subsection (8)(b), on a rotating basis, if applicable, for a list of three individuals, who satisfy
the requirements described in Subsection (1)(c)(iii)(B), to fill the vacancy.
]
[
(d) The city shall respond to a written request described in Subsection (8)(c) within 60
days after the day on which the city receives the written request.
]
[
(e) After the county receives the city's list of three individuals, the county shall submit
one of the individuals on the list for appointment to the vacant planning commission seat in
accordance with county ordinance.
]
[
(f) The county shall fill the vacancy in accordance with the county's standard
procedure if the city fails to timely respond to the written request.
] 
Section 4. Section 
17-27a-401
 is amended to read:
17-27a-401.
General plan required -- Content -- Resource management plan --
Provisions related to radioactive waste facility.
(1) To accomplish the purposes of this chapter, each county shall prepare and adopt a
comprehensive, long-range general plan:
(a) for present and future needs of the county;
(b) (i) for growth and development of all or any part of the land within the
unincorporated portions of the county; or
(ii) if a county has designated a mountainous planning district, for growth and
development of all or any part of the land within the mountainous planning district; and
(c) as a basis for communicating and coordinating with the federal government on land
and resource management issues.
(2) To promote health, safety, and welfare, the general plan may provide for:
(a) health, general welfare, safety, energy conservation, transportation, prosperity, civic
activities, aesthetics, and recreational, educational, and cultural opportunities;
(b) the reduction of the waste of physical, financial, or human resources that result
from either excessive congestion or excessive scattering of population;
(c) the efficient and economical use, conservation, and production of the supply of:
(i) food and water; and
(ii) drainage, sanitary, and other facilities and resources;
(d) the use of energy conservation and solar and renewable energy resources;
(e) the protection of urban development;
(f) the protection and promotion of air quality;
(g) historic preservation;
(h) identifying future uses of land that are likely to require an expansion or significant
modification of services or facilities provided by each affected entity; and
(i) an official map.
(3) (a) The general plan shall:
(i) allow and plan for moderate income housing growth; and
(ii) contain a resource management plan for the public lands, as defined in Section
63L-6-102
, within the county .
(b) On or before December 1, 2019, a county with a general plan that does not comply
with Subsection (3)(a)(i) shall amend the general plan to comply with Subsection (3)(a)(i).
(c) The resource management plan described in Subsection (3)(a)(ii) shall address:
(i) mining;
(ii) land use;
(iii) livestock and grazing;
(iv) irrigation;
(v) agriculture;
(vi) fire management;
(vii) noxious weeds;
(viii) forest management;
(ix) water rights;
(x) ditches and canals;
(xi) water quality and hydrology;
(xii) flood plains and river terraces;
(xiii) wetlands;
(xiv) riparian areas;
(xv) predator control;
(xvi) wildlife;
(xvii) fisheries;
(xviii) recreation and tourism;
(xix) energy resources;
(xx) mineral resources;
(xxi) cultural, historical, geological, and paleontological resources;
(xxii) wilderness;
(xxiii) wild and scenic rivers;
(xxiv) threatened, endangered, and sensitive species;
(xxv) land access;
(xxvi) law enforcement;
(xxvii) economic considerations; and
(xxviii) air.
(d) For each item listed under Subsection (3)(c), a county's resource management plan
shall:
(i) establish findings pertaining to the item;
(ii) establish defined objectives; and
(iii) outline general policies and guidelines on how the objectives described in
Subsection (3)(d)(ii) are to be accomplished.
(4) (a) The general plan shall include specific provisions related to any areas within, or
partially within, the exterior boundaries of the county, or contiguous to the boundaries of a
county, which are proposed for the siting of a storage facility or transfer facility for the
placement of high-level nuclear waste or greater than class C radioactive nuclear waste, as
these wastes are defined in Section 
19-3-303
. The provisions shall address the effects of the
proposed site upon the health and general welfare of citizens of the state, and shall provide:
(i) the information identified in Section 
19-3-305
;
(ii) information supported by credible studies that demonstrates that the provisions of
Subsection 
19-3-307
(2) have been satisfied; and
(iii) specific measures to mitigate the effects of high-level nuclear waste and greater
than class C radioactive waste and guarantee the health and safety of the citizens of the state.
(b) A county may, in lieu of complying with Subsection (4)(a), adopt an ordinance
indicating that all proposals for the siting of a storage facility or transfer facility for the
placement of high-level nuclear waste or greater than class C radioactive waste wholly or
partially within the county are rejected.
(c) A county may adopt the ordinance listed in Subsection (4)(b) at any time.
(d) The county shall send a certified copy of the ordinance described in Subsection
(4)(b) to the executive director of the Department of Environmental Quality by certified mail
within 30 days of enactment.
(e) If a county repeals an ordinance adopted under Subsection (4)(b) the county shall:
(i) comply with Subsection (4)(a) as soon as reasonably possible; and
(ii) send a certified copy of the repeal to the executive director of the Department of
Environmental Quality by certified mail within 30 days after the repeal.
(5) The general plan may define the county's local customs, local culture, and the
components necessary for the county's economic stability.
(6) Subject to Subsection 
17-27a-403
(2), the county may determine the
comprehensiveness, extent, and format of the general plan.
(7) If a county has designated a mountainous planning district, the general plan for the
mountainous planning district is the controlling plan [
and takes precedence over a
municipality's general plan for property located within the mountainous planning district
].
(8) Nothing in this part may be construed to limit the authority of the state to manage
and protect wildlife under Title 23, Wildlife Resources Code of Utah.
Section 5. Section 
17-27a-403
 is amended to read:
17-27a-403.
Plan preparation.
(1) (a) The planning commission shall provide notice, as provided in Section
17-27a-203
, of its intent to make a recommendation to the county legislative body for a general
plan or a comprehensive general plan amendment when the planning commission initiates the
process of preparing its recommendation.
(b) The planning commission shall make and recommend to the legislative body a
proposed general plan for:
(i) the unincorporated area within the county; or
(ii) if the planning commission is a planning commission for a mountainous planning
district, the mountainous planning district.
(c) (i) The plan may include planning for incorporated areas if, in the planning
commission's judgment, they are related to the planning of the unincorporated territory or of
the county as a whole.
(ii) Elements of the county plan that address incorporated areas are not an official plan
or part of a municipal plan for any municipality, unless [
it
] 
the county plan
 is recommended by
the municipal planning commission and adopted by the governing body of the municipality.
[
(iii) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(c)(ii), if property is located in a mountainous
planning district, the plan for the mountainous planning district controls and precedes a
municipal plan, if any, to which the property would be subject.
]
(2) (a) At a minimum, the proposed general plan, with the accompanying maps, charts,
and descriptive and explanatory matter, shall include the planning commission's
recommendations for the following plan elements:
(i) a land use element that:
(A) designates the long-term goals and the proposed extent, general distribution, and
location of land for housing for residents of various income levels, business, industry,
agriculture, recreation, education, public buildings and grounds, open space, and other
categories of public and private uses of land as appropriate; and
(B) may include a statement of the projections for and standards of population density
and building intensity recommended for the various land use categories covered by the plan;
(ii) a transportation and traffic circulation element that:
(A) provides the general location and extent of existing and proposed freeways, arterial
and collector streets, public transit, active transportation facilities, and other modes of
transportation that the planning commission considers appropriate;
(B) addresses the county's plan for residential and commercial development around
major transit investment corridors to maintain and improve the connections between housing,
employment, education, recreation, and commerce; and
(C) correlates with the population projections, the employment projections, and the
proposed land use element of the general plan;
(iii) a plan for the development of additional moderate income housing within the
unincorporated area of the county or the mountainous planning district, and a plan to provide a
realistic opportunity to meet the need for additional moderate income housing; and
(iv) before May 1, 2017, a resource management plan detailing the findings, objectives,
and policies required by Subsection 
17-27a-401
(3).
(b) In drafting the moderate income housing element, the planning commission:
(i) shall consider the Legislature's determination that counties should facilitate a
reasonable opportunity for a variety of housing, including moderate income housing:
(A) to meet the needs of people of various income levels living, working, or desiring to
live or work in the community; and
(B) to allow people with various incomes to benefit from and fully participate in all
aspects of neighborhood and community life; and
(ii) shall include an analysis of how the county will provide a realistic opportunity for
the development of moderate income housing within the planning horizon, which may include
a recommendation to implement three or more of the following strategies:
(A) rezone for densities necessary to assure the production of moderate income
housing;
(B) facilitate the rehabilitation or expansion of infrastructure that will encourage the
construction of moderate income housing;
(C) facilitate the rehabilitation of existing uninhabitable housing stock into moderate
income housing;
(D) consider county general fund subsidies or other sources of revenue to waive
construction related fees that are otherwise generally imposed by the county;
(E) create or allow for, and reduce regulations related to, accessory dwelling units in
residential zones;
(F) allow for higher density or moderate income residential development in
commercial and mixed-use zones, commercial centers, or employment centers;
(G) encourage higher density or moderate income residential development near major
transit investment corridors;
(H) eliminate or reduce parking requirements for residential development where a
resident is less likely to rely on the resident's own vehicle, such as residential development near
major transit investment corridors or senior living facilities;
(I) allow for single room occupancy developments;
(J) implement zoning incentives for low to moderate income units in new
developments;
(K) utilize strategies that preserve subsidized low to moderate income units on a
long-term basis;
(L) preserve existing moderate income housing;
(M) reduce impact fees, as defined in Section 
11-36a-102
, related to low and moderate
income housing;
(N) participate in a community land trust program for low or moderate income
housing;
(O) implement a mortgage assistance program for employees of the county or of an
employer that provides contracted services for the county;
(P) apply for or partner with an entity that applies for state or federal funds or tax
incentives to promote the construction of moderate income housing;
(Q) apply for or partner with an entity that applies for programs offered by the Utah
Housing Corporation within that agency's funding capacity;
(R) apply for or partner with an entity that applies for affordable housing programs
administered by the Department of Workforce Services;
(S) apply for or partner with an entity that applies for services provided by a public
housing authority to preserve and create moderate income housing;
(T) apply for or partner with an entity that applies for programs administered by a
metropolitan planning organization or other transportation agency that provides technical
planning assistance;
(U) utilize a moderate income housing set aside from a community reinvestment
agency, redevelopment agency, or community development and renewal agency;
(V) reduce residential building design elements as defined in Section 
10-9a-403
; and
(W) consider any other program or strategy implemented by the county to address the
housing needs of residents of the county who earn less than 80% of the area median income.
(c) In drafting the land use element, the planning commission shall:
(i) identify and consider each agriculture protection area within the unincorporated area
of the county or mountainous planning district; and
(ii) avoid proposing a use of land within an agriculture protection area that is
inconsistent with or detrimental to the use of the land for agriculture.
(d) In drafting the transportation and traffic circulation element, the planning
commission shall:
(i) consider the regional transportation plan developed by its region's metropolitan
planning organization, if the relevant areas of the county are within the boundaries of a
metropolitan planning organization; or
(ii) consider the long-range transportation plan developed by the Department of
Transportation, if the relevant areas of the county are not within the boundaries of a
metropolitan planning organization.
(3) The proposed general plan may include:
(a) an environmental element that addresses:
(i) to the extent not covered by the county's resource management plan, the protection,
conservation, development, and use of natural resources, including the quality of air, forests,
soils, rivers and other waters, harbors, fisheries, wildlife, minerals, and other natural resources;
and
(ii) the reclamation of land, flood control, prevention and control of the pollution of
streams and other waters, regulation of the use of land on hillsides, stream channels and other
environmentally sensitive areas, the prevention, control, and correction of the erosion of soils,
protection of watersheds and wetlands, and the mapping of known geologic hazards;
(b) a public services and facilities element showing general plans for sewage, water,
waste disposal, drainage, public utilities, rights-of-way, easements, and facilities for them,
police and fire protection, and other public services;
(c) a rehabilitation, redevelopment, and conservation element consisting of plans and
programs for:
(i) historic preservation;
(ii) the diminution or elimination of a development impediment as defined in Section
17C-1-102
; and
(iii) redevelopment of land, including housing sites, business and industrial sites, and
public building sites;
(d) an economic element composed of appropriate studies and forecasts, as well as an
economic development plan, which may include review of existing and projected county
revenue and expenditures, revenue sources, identification of basic and secondary industry,
primary and secondary market areas, employment, and retail sales activity;
(e) recommendations for implementing all or any portion of the general plan, including
the use of land use ordinances, capital improvement plans, community development and
promotion, and any other appropriate action;
(f) provisions addressing any of the matters listed in Subsection 
17-27a-401
(2) or
(3)(a)(i); and
(g) any other element the county considers appropriate.
Section 6. Section 
17-27a-901
 is amended to read:
17-27a-901.
Mountainous planning district.
(1) (a) The legislative body of a county of the first class may adopt an ordinance
designating an area located within the county as a mountainous planning district if the
legislative body determines that:
(i) the area is primarily used for recreational purposes, including canyons, foothills, ski
resorts, wilderness areas, lakes and reservoirs, campgrounds, or picnic areas within the
Wasatch Range;
(ii) the area is used by residents of the county who live inside and outside the limits of
a municipality;
(iii) the total resident population in the proposed mountainous planning district is equal
to or less than 5% of the population of the county;
(iv) the area is within the unincorporated area of the county or was within the
unincorporated area of the county before May 12, 2015; and
(v) the area includes land designated as part of a national forest on or before May 9,
2017.
[
(b) (i) A mountainous planning district may include within its boundaries a
municipality, whether in whole or in part.
]
[
(ii) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b)(iv), if a mountainous planning district
includes within its boundaries an unincorporated area, and that area subsequently incorporates
as a municipality:
]
[
(A) the area of the incorporated municipality that is located in the mountainous
planning district is included within the mountainous planning district boundaries; and
]
[
(B) property within the municipality that is also within the mountainous planning
district is subject to the authority of the mountainous planning district.
]
[
(iii) A subdivision and zoning ordinance that governs property located within a
mountainous planning district shall control over any subdivision or zoning ordinance, as
applicable, that a municipality may adopt.
]
[
(iv) A county shall allow an area within the boundaries of a mountainous planning
district to withdraw from the mountainous planning district if:
]
[
(A) the area contains less than 100 acres;
]
[
(B) the area is annexed to a city in accordance with Title 10, Chapter 2, Part 4,
Annexation;
]
[
(C) the county determines that the area does not contain United States Forest Service
land or land that is designated as watershed; and
]
[
(D) the county determines that the area is not used by individuals for recreational
purposes.
] 
[
(v) An area described in Subsection (1)(b)(iv) that withdraws from a mountainous
planning district is not subject to the authority of the mountainous planning district.
]
[
(c)
] 
(b)
 The population figure under Subsection (1)(a)(iii) shall be derived from a
population estimate by the Utah Population Committee.
[
(d) If any portion of a proposed mountainous planning district includes a municipality
with a land base of five square miles or less, the county shall ensure that all of that municipality
is wholly located within the boundaries of the mountainous planning district.
]
(2) (a) [
Notwithstanding Subsection 
10-9a-102
(2), 
17-34-1
(2)(a), or 
17-50-302
(1)(b),
or Section 
17-50-314
, a
] 
A
 county may adopt a general plan and adopt a zoning or subdivision
ordinance for a property that is located within[
:
] 
a mountainous planning district.
[
(i) a mountainous planning district; and
]
[
(ii) a municipality.
]
(b) A county plan or zoning or subdivision ordinance governs a property described in
Subsection (2)(a).
[
(3) A planning commission with jurisdiction over a mountainous planning district in a
county of the first class shall submit a report that summarizes actions the planning commission
has taken and any recommendations regarding the mountainous planning district to the
Legislature's Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee by no later
than November 30 of each year.
]
Section 7. Section 
63I-2-210
 is amended to read:
63I-2-210.
Repeal dates -- Title 10.
[
(1)
] Section 
10-6-160.1
 is repealed January 1, 2021.
[
(2) Subsection 
10-9a-304
(2), regarding municipal authority over property located
within a mountainous planning district, is repealed June 1, 2021.
]
[
(3) When repealing Subsection 
10-9a-304
(2), the Office of Legislative Research and
General Counsel shall, in addition to the office's authority under Subsection 
36-12-12
(3), make
necessary changes to subsection numbering and cross references.
]
Section 8. Section 
63I-2-217
 is amended to read:
63I-2-217.
Repeal dates -- Title 17.
[
(1) Section 
17-22-32.2
, regarding restitution reporting, is repealed January 1, 2021.
]
[
(2) Section 
17-22-32.3
, regarding the Jail Incarceration and Transportation Costs
Study Council, is repealed January 1, 2021.
]
[
(3) Subsection 
17-27a-102
(1)(b), the language that states "or a designated
mountainous planning district" is repealed June 1, 2021.
]
[
(4) (a) Subsection 
17-27a-103
(18)(b), regarding a mountainous planning district, is
repealed June 1, 2021.
]
[
(b) Subsection 
17-27a-103
(42), regarding a mountainous planning district, is repealed
June 1, 2021.
]
[
(5) Subsection 
17-27a-210
(2)(a), the language that states "or the mountainous
planning district area" is repealed June 1, 2021.
]
[
(6) (a) Subsection 
17-27a-301
(1)(b)(iii), regarding a mountainous planning district, is
repealed June 1, 2021.
]
[
(b) Subsection 
17-27a-301
(1)(c), regarding a mountainous planning district, is
repealed June 1, 2021.
]
[
(c) Subsection 
17-27a-301
(3)(a), the language that states " or (c)" is repealed June 1,
2021.
]
[
(7) Section 
17-27a-302
, the language that states ", or mountainous planning district"
and "or the mountainous planning district," is repealed June 1, 2021.
]
[
(8) Subsection 
17-27a-305
(1)(a), the language that states "a mountainous planning
district or" and ", as applicable" is repealed June 1, 2021.
]
[
(9) (a) Subsection 
17-27a-401
(1)(b)(ii), regarding a mountainous planning district, is
repealed June 1, 2021.
]
[
(b) Subsection 
17-27a-401
(7), regarding a mountainous planning district, is repealed
June 1, 2021.
]
[
(10) (a) Subsection 
17-27a-403
(1)(b)(ii), regarding a mountainous planning district, is
repealed June 1, 2021.
]
[
(b) Subsection 
17-27a-403
(1)(c)(iii), regarding a mountainous planning district, is
repealed June 1, 2021.
]
[
(c) Subsection 
17-27a-403
(2)(a)(iii), the language that states "or the mountainous
planning district" is repealed June 1, 2021.
]
[
(d) Subsection 
17-27a-403
(2)(c)(i), the language that states "or mountainous planning
district" is repealed June 1, 2021.
]
[
(11) Subsection 
17-27a-502
(1)(d)(i)(B), regarding a mountainous planning district, is
repealed June 1, 2021.
]
[
(12) Subsection 
17-27a-505.5
(2)(a)(iii), regarding a mountainous planning district, is
repealed June 1, 2021.
]
[
(13) Subsection 
17-27a-602
(1)(b), the language that states "or, in the case of a
mountainous planning district, the mountainous planning district" is repealed June 1, 2021.
]
[
(14) Subsection 
17-27a-604
(1)(b)(i)(B), regarding a mountainous planning district, is
repealed June 1, 2021.
]
[
(15) Subsection 
17-27a-605
(1)(a), the language that states "or mountainous planning
district land" is repealed June 1, 2021.
]
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(16) Title 17, Chapter 27a, Part 9, Mountainous Planning District, is repealed June 1,
2021.
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(17) On June 1, 2021, when making the changes in this section, the Office of
Legislative Research and General Counsel shall:
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(a) in addition to its authority under Subsection 
36-12-12
(3):
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(i) make corrections necessary to ensure that sections and subsections identified in this
section are complete sentences and accurately reflect the office's understanding of the
Legislature's intent; and
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(ii) make necessary changes to subsection numbering and cross references; and
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(b) identify the text of the affected sections and subsections based upon the section
and subsection numbers used in Laws of Utah 2017, Chapter 448.
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(18) Subsection 
17-34-1
(5)(d), regarding county funding of certain municipal services
in a designated recreation area, is repealed June 1, 2021.
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(19)
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(1)
 Title 17, Chapter 35b, Consolidation of Local Government Units, is repealed
January 1, 2022.
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(20)
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(2)
 On June 1, 2022:
(a) Section 
17-52a-104
 is repealed;
(b) in Subsection 
17-52a-301
(3)(a), the language that states "or under a provision
described in Subsection 
17-52a-104
(1)(b) or (2)(b)," is repealed; and
(c) Subsection 
17-52a-301
(3)(a)(iv), regarding the first initiated process, is repealed.
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(3)
 On January 1, 2028, Subsection 
17-52a-103
(3), requiring certain counties to
initiate a change of form of government process by July 1, 2018, is repealed.